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What does pilot mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pilot? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
  2. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
  3. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  4. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
  5. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
  6. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
  7. Something serving as a test or trial.
    1. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
  8. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
  9. A sample episode of a proposed TV series
  10. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
  11. A pilot light.
  12. One who flies a kite.
  13. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
Adjective
  1. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run, pilot plant)
  2. Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light)
  3. A vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination. (pilot vehicle)
  4. Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp")
Verb
  1. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
  2. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
  3. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
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